south at least fifty degrees high, and at Redgrove, in
Suffolk, on the Yarmouth road, about twenty miles
from the east coast of England, and at least forty miles
to the eastward of London, it appeared a little to the
westward of the south, suppose south by west, and
was seen about thirty degrees high, sliding obliquely
downward. I was shown in both places the situation
thereof, which was as described, but could wish some
person skilled in astronomical matters bad seen it,
that we might pronounce concerning its height with
more certainty. Yet, as it is, we may securely conclude
that it was not many more miles westerly than Redgrove,
which, as I said before, is about forty miles more
easterly than London. Suppose it, therefore, where
perpendicular, to have been thirty-five miles east from
London, and by the altitude it appeared at in London--
viz., fifty degrees, its tangent will be forty-two miles,
for the height of the meteor above the surface of the
earth; which also is rather of the least, because the
altitude of the place shown me is rather more than
less than fifty degrees; and the like may be concluded
from the altitude it appeared in at Redgrove, near
seventy miles distant. Though at this very great
distance, it appeared to move with an incredible
velocity, darting, in a very few seconds of time, for
about twelve degrees of a great circle from north to
south, being very bright at its first appearance; and
it died away at the east of its course, leaving for some
time a pale whiteness in the place, with some remains
of it in the track where it had gone; but no hissing